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Also known as

• Uranus of Cavaillon
• Veranus of Cavaillon
• Verà del Gavalda
• Vrain of Cavaillon
• Wrain of Cavaillon

Memorial

• 19 October

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Ordained in 540. Hermit in Vaucluse, France. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy. Bishop of Cavaillon, France in 568. Godfather of King Theodoric II. His miracles, which included freeing a captive dragon and miraculously healing the foot of a nobleman, which had withered after the nobleman had kicked Verano for not delaying Mass as requested, are mentioned by Saint Gregory of Tours.

Born

• Vaucluse, France

Died

• in 589 in Arles, France of plague
• some relics in Cavaillon, France
• some relics in Peccioli, Italy
• some relics at the Cathedral of San Michele Arcangelo in Albenga, Italy

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• in France
  • Cavaillon
  • Saint-Veran
• in Italy
  • Abbadia Alpina
  • Peccioli

Representation

• dragon
• withered, damaged or crushed foot

MLA Citation

• “Saint Verano of Cavaillon“. CatholicSaints.Info. 28 May 2022. Web. 27 April 2024. <>